Ryde Rowing Club will host the second Hants & Dorset Amateur Rowing Association Championship Regatta of the season this coming Sunday (11th May). Shanklin & Sandown's Championship Regatta takes place the previous day (10th May). This year’s regatta marks the...

Ventnor began their 2025 Southern Premier League Division 1 campaign with an impressive 9-wicket victory over Waterlooville at Steephill on Saturday (3rd May). The visitors were invited to bat first by Ventnor skipper Ben Woodhouse and lost 3 early wickets...

West Wight Reserves won the Isle of Wight Junior A Cup by beating Oakfield on penalties at Beatrice Avenue last night (Wednesday). This is the 2nd trophy for West Wight Reserves in 2024/25 after having already won Combination 1 by...

It was reported that a clergyman who was deputising for the vicar of Totland during World War I had been arrested for being a German spy on 7th May 1915. The Rev I Siviter - a Reading curate - was...

Wight Eagles Academy U15 side were crowned Champions of Hampshire girls Division 2 after a 4-2 victory over runners-up Ringwood Town at the Zilch Waste Stadium (Westwood Park) on Saturday (3rd May). The Islanders started strongly and went 1-0 up...

The IWTTA 2025 Final’s Night was held at the IW Table Tennis Centre on Wednesday 30th April, with 15 matches contested in front of a large crowd, who were treated to some high quality table tennis. The undoubted star of...

A new Thai restaurant has opened its doors in the heart of Newport, bringing a fresh blend of East and West to the Isle of Wight food scene. Siam Smile, located on Holyrood Street above Newport Ale House, has taken...

Former team members of the Plessey Sunday League side recently commemorated the 40th anniversary of winning Sunday League Division 1 and Isle of Wight Albany Cup in 1985 at the Isle of Wight Community Club. The Plessey Sunday League side...

6 junior members of Ryde Rowing Club travelled to the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham on Saturday (26th April) to represent the Wessex region at the Junior Inter-regional Regatta. A further 8 juniors rom Shanklin Sandown Rowing Club competed -...

Double Trouble clinched top position in the opening race of the UKOPRA Offshore Powerboat Championships around the Isle of Wight, with an impressive average speed of 99.35mph. This is a remarkable achievement from the Falmouth-based team, who dedicated countless hours...